2025 Fantasy Football Week 12 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

Fantasy Football Championships are won with trades.

These fantasy football trade value charts are based on The Wolf’s Rest Of Season Rankings, who finished 2nd of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Rankings. These charts adjust values to account for positional need, assigning values based on a 1QB, 12-team, full PPR league, where quarterbacks are generally harder to trade due to a lack of positional need, unlike in Superflex leagues.

Each week throughout the season, these values will be altered to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season. Be sure to tune back each week throughout the season. We’ll be adjusting the chart, discussing risers & fallers, and other backs of interest, and providing a refresher on optimal trade strategy. The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

QB | RB | WR | TE

FANTASY FOOTBALL WEEK 12 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

Running Back Riser – Travis Etienne (19 carries, 73 yards, 2 TDs) [and Bhayshul Tuten (15 carries, 74 yards, 1 TD)]

At first glance it may look like Tuten was given these carries in garbage time of a blowout, but both backs were involved early in this one. What it means for the rest of the year is wait-and-see, but both deserve a rise in rankings and trade value this week.

Running Back Faller – Josh Jacobs (injury)

Initially dropping seven spots in our ROS rankings, reports of Jacobs’ knee contusion are seeming less serious than at first, and he hasn’t even been guaranteed to be out this upcoming week against the Vikings. Hard to imagine him suiting up, at least for this week, and this late into the fantasy season, even one-week injuries are going to affect rest-of-season trade value.

Other Running Backs Of Interest – Sean Tucker (19 carries, 106 yards, 2 TDs, 2-of-2 targets, 34 yards, 1 TD)/Rachaad White (10 carries, 51 yards, 2-of-3 targets, 11 yards)

After looking like the better Tampa Bay running back against the Bills, Tucker may have muddied the waters for how the Buccaneers’ backfield will shake up once Bucky Irving returns, but we’ve kind of seen this movie before. Tucker had a breakout-looking game in week 6 last season against the Saints for 192 scrimmage yards and two scores, but that apparently didn’t earn him a meaningful role moving forward. Maybe this time it does, or maybe it opens a window to trade him to another team, to someone who believes a meaningful role is a certainty.

Trade Strategy Reminders

Aim To Fill Holes On Your Roster, And Your Trade Partner’s

In general, trade offers that clearly benefit both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative. However, being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved in a trade will only increase the chance of that cooperation. Be mindful not just of weak positional depth, but a surplus of positional depth, with all your league’s rosters. You might have a shortlist of players you’d love to be able to trade for, but if what you have to offer isn’t what your trade partner needs, your offers will likely fall on deaf ears. Say you’re weak at RB, and have a surplus at WR. Teams that are strong at RB, but weak at WR, are naturally more eager to haggle.

Never Mention The Words “But The Trade Calculator Says”

Charts and calculators are a reference that can help find ideal trades, but they’re not gospel, and trying to make your potential trade partner think otherwise could shut the door on negotiations real quick. Even if your charts/calculators show the trade offer to be in your league mate’s favor, they probably have tools and references of their own, and the next time “But the trade calculator says” changes someone’s mind, maybe the first time.

Be Careful How Low-Ball Your Offers Are

Speaking of bad faith, a trade offer that is too clearly in your favor puts you in danger of potential trade partners shutting you out, not just for that particular trade negotiation, but any future ones as well. It’s a great feeling to get those kinds of lopsided trade deals, but the ones that are so bad they only go through 1 percent of the time likely aren’t worth hitting the send button to begin with. At their core, fantasy players aren’t complete masochists; they just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

WEEK 12 TRADE VALUE CHART: RUNNING BACKS

QB | RB | WR | TE